Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about talent management semantics, teamwork or talent, senior leadership and talent development, another survey on innovation and job satisfaction, and gender-specific management training.
From The Employee Performance and [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: How To Get Yourself Employed
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: job seekers (employed or unemployed)
Consultant Usage: must read article and book for career counselors
What’s it about? I am writing this post out of frustration. Three different friends of mine, unknown to each other, are all seeking employment. Two have been out of work [...]
In hockey there’s a statistic called “plus-minus.” It calculates the goal difference for a player’s team when that player is on the ice. It’s a way to measure a player’s contribution to the team.
We need something like that at work. Most people who work in companies do most of their work in teams. We should [...]
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
Carl W. Buechner
Do nice people finish first or is it last?
Some recent research suggests that developing social skills and having accurate appraisal of our strengths and development areas might really pay off–really in dollars and cents.
Ten years after graduation, high-school [...]
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about barriers to building talent, program evaluation, hiring better, and appreciating your top performers. Plus, there’s a list of great articles on motivating top talent.
From TLNT: Four [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: A Good Read and a Must See
Competencies: motivation, achievement, empowering others
Who benefits: There is something here for just about anyone
Consultant Usage: good background information for coaches, counselors, and trainers
What’s it about? How is your day going? Need a little fun and educational pick-me-up? If you have 11 minutes I guarantee [...]
I know this may reflect poorly on my sophistication, but I love the poems of Rudyard Kipling. One of my favorites is “The Mary Gloster.” It’s very long, but great for reading aloud. My daughters will remember it from when I read them poems before bedtime.
The poem is presented as the words of an old [...]
“It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.”
Eric Lindos
I wrote earlier about how practice seems pretty essential for lasting behavior change.
There is, in fact, a big difference between “experts” and those “who are expert” in what they do.
In a 2006 book co-edited by Anders [...]
“It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.”
Eric Lindos
I wrote earlier about how practice seems pretty essential for behavior change.
There is, in fact, a big difference between “experts” and those “who are expert” in what they do.
In a book co-edited by Anders Ericcson [...]
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about what you can learn (yes, there is something) from the Cleveland Cavaliers, executive derailment, managing the toxic high performer, distributing scarce rewards, and some thoughts on [...]